Over-medicated, not ready for school

Studies show poorer students more frequently prescribed antipsychotic drugs

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 12:34 pm

In election years, politicians often talk about children as our future.

If that’s true — and who could argue? — two stories last week provided a Dickensian picture of Kentucky a decade hence:

Only one in four children is ready for kindergarten, the Kentucky Board of Education reported.

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